I'll be honest, Tre: dating apps can be a great option for some people, but you're far from the first person to come to Scarleteen brimming with frustration over your experiences on them. While they can put us in the orbit of cool people who'd we'd otherwise never meet, they can also pressure us to...
insecurity
- Heather Corinna
Sometimes sex is amazing. Other times, it's nice. Then there are the times it sucks. How do you deal, and what's the hidden value in not-at-all-awesome sex?
- Andi MacDonald
How to tame those scary, growly feelings and use them for good.
- Justin Hancock
Hey, thanks for your question. Lots and lots of guys worry about this kind of thing so it's great that you've had the courage to ask a question about it. You've pretty much answered your question already, to be honest, but I'll recap some of what you've said and fill in a couple of blanks here and...
- Heather Corinna
Long story short? You asked her. She says she doesn't. So, you either believe her or you don't, ultimately. She also seems to be expressing great frustration and distress that you're not extending trust to her and believing what she tells you. We can trust someone whether they're right next to us or...
- Heather Corinna
If you are obsessively scrubbing and scrubbing like Lady Macbeth, that in and of itself may be a big part of this issue. The vagina is a self-cleaning organ. It's also an organ that doesn't tend to respond well to soaps, douches, and other cleansing agents, because those things can knock off the...
- Heather Corinna
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Smart words from a smart lady, and one who certainly also didn't fit the beauty ideals nor a lot of people's ideas about how women should be in her day. Of course it feels nice to have some attention sometimes...
- Heather Corinna
You seem to be asking two separate questions here: 1) If it's okay to have an open relationship now, and 2) If it's a wise idea to sleep with someone who dumped you because you wouldn't sleep with them. Let's hit #2 first, since it's pretty easy. For real? For real you want to sleep with someone who...
- Sarah Riley
Oh sweetie, please please please don't try cutting anything off your body. You could very easily end up doing serious nerve damage, causing scarring, getting an infection, bleeding out, or all sorts of other bad (and very serious) consequences. So let's forget entirely the idea of cutting off bits...